. Fishes. Fishes. Adaptations of Fishes 55 the writer has tested, is very meager and bitter, having a de- cidedly offensive taste. It is suspected, probably justly, of be- ing poisonous. In the globefishes the flesh is always more or less poisonous, that of Tetraodon hispidus, called muki-muki, or death-fish, in Hawaii, is reputed as excessively so. The poi- sonous fishes have been lately studied in detail by Dr. Jacques Pellegrin, of the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle at Paris. He shows that any species of fish may be poisonous under certain circumstances, that under certain conditions certain s
. Fishes. Fishes. Adaptations of Fishes 55 the writer has tested, is very meager and bitter, having a de- cidedly offensive taste. It is suspected, probably justly, of be- ing poisonous. In the globefishes the flesh is always more or less poisonous, that of Tetraodon hispidus, called muki-muki, or death-fish, in Hawaii, is reputed as excessively so. The poi- sonous fishes have been lately studied in detail by Dr. Jacques Pellegrin, of the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle at Paris. He shows that any species of fish may be poisonous under certain circumstances, that under certain conditions certain species are poisonous, and that certain kinds are poisonous more or less at. Fig. 39.—Tetraodon meleagris (Lacepede). Riu Kiu Islands. all times. The following account is condensed from Dr. Pelle- grin's observations. The flesh of fishes soon undergoes decomposition in hot climates. The consumption of decayed fish may produce serious disorders, usually with symptoms of diarrhoea or erup- tion of the skin. There is in this case no specific poison, but the formation of leucomaines through the influence of bacteria. This may take place with other kinds of flesh, and is known as botolism, or allantiasis. For this disease, as produced by the flesh of fishes. Dr. Pellegrin suggests the name of ichthyosism. It is especially severe in certain very oily fishes, as the tunny, the anchovy, or the salmon. The flesh of these and other fishes occasionally produces similar disorders through mere indiges- tion. In this case the flesh undergoes decay in the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931. New York, H. Holt and Company
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